No flash?  Me either.  Here’s the audio file.

Remember this from May 3, 2000?

SAN MATEO, Calif. — Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich walked through a crowd of hecklers and supporters Wednesday (May 3) at the office of MP3-trading company Napster Inc. and told reporters, “The true fans of Metallica are the ones who understand and respect what we’re doing.”

Ulrich was there to turn in the names of more than 300,000 alleged copyright infringers. Metallica contend that the Napster users on its list illegally traded Metallica songs online by using Napster’s popular software.

At least three police officers and two nervous-looking security guards were on hand as Ulrich emerged from a black sport-utility vehicle and walked through a throng of more than 20 journalists, including national television news crews.

The delivery of 13 boxes containing 335,435 user IDs listed on 60,000 sheets of paper was spawned by a lawsuit the hard-rock veterans filed last month against Napster. The band, known for tracks such as “And Justice for All” (RealAudio excerpt), charges that Napster’s namesake software enables copyright violations by allowing users to trade near-CD-quality music for free without the copyright owner’s permission.

Well, it’s starting again, only this time with a new old industry – book publishing.

Publishing house John Wiley has joined the anti-piracy fray by filing a lawsuit against people who downloaded illicit copies of its popular “For Dummies” series. Most of the tiles in question are computer related, but there are a few surprises on the list.

The lawsuit filed last week in Manhattan federal court included a list of anonymous users and the titles they downloaded. The most popular title was Photoshop for Dummies, but other defendants opted for how-to books on calculus, home repair and day-trading. The downloads threaten the Dummies franchise which has sold more than 200 million copies since it was launched in 1991.

The case suggests that unauthorized file-sharing, which has long plagued the music and movie industries, is now taking a bite out of traditional book publishers as well. John Wiley claims that its Photoshop book, which retails for around $20, has been downloaded more than 74,000 times since summer of last year and that lost revenue from filed-sharing may harm its ability to publish and pay authors. The publishing industry has not been as litigious as other content sectors but that may now be changing.

So, now we just need a big named author to deliver a list of names and aliases to a NY courthouse just to show everyone that it’s not cool to “steal” digital content but it is cool to set unreasonable prices and deliver products in formats people don’t want.